attempt
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The OpenAI rogue hack on a competitor came out of an attempt to test how far AI will go to solve a problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Supporters of assisted dying have said they would make another attempt to pass legislation as soon as was possible.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
"This prosecution is an attempt to erase memories, particularly those of June 4, by reading too much into certain slogans," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Lineage’s statement is riddled with misinformation in a blatant attempt to deflect blame for their role in this matter,” a company representative said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
They took short clips doing her best attempt at Chenya’s lines, trying to keep the accent straight, until Molly was satisfied that she’d gotten a shot she could use.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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He is bemused by Ricketts's attempts to paint him as a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Anthropic says it blocked possible attempts to use artificial intelligence to develop bioweapons.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
He continues to disappoint with “The Uprising,” a sort of grunge “Braveheart” that attempts to replace Mel Gibson’s Hollywood bravado with grit and realism but comes across as lifeless and inert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The new strategy attempts to stop that process closer to its source by reducing expression of the PCSK9 gene itself.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
But after the feeble attempts of Cletus and me to deal with this house empty of its Small Medium at Large, he turned back.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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Anthropic, the AI tech company behind Claude, released a report Thursday detailing how bad actors have attempted to use its products for nefarious ends, from scams and mass surveillance to biological weapons development.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Busy running was a feature of the stand, until Brook attempted a needless single to mid-wicket and was run out at the non-striker's end.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Chinese artificial intelligence companies attempted to clone American AI models by funneling real Chinese user queries to them via a network of intermediate platforms, Anthropic said in a report published Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Maybe that was an intentional rebuttal to the way the powers that be have attempted to dismiss the movement.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was hard to win something you’d never attempted, but I wasn’t going to tell him that.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Research has shown that AI models in the lab can learn power-seeking behavior and take steps to avoid being shut down, such as attempting to copy themselves to another server.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In the latest round of attacks, Iran said it hit more than a dozen ships attempting to pass through the strait Wednesday, and announced an expansion of a no-go zone outside the waterway.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
But now that we know that cats are attempting to communicate with us, is there a way for pet caregivers to better understand what a cat is attempting to say?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Instead of attempting to identify and measure one galaxy at a time, astronomers detect the combined radio glow produced by hydrogen in large numbers of galaxies that cannot be individually resolved.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Celia asks, attempting to find a subject to fill the silence, anything to distract herself from her still-shaking hands, and remembering the fallen glass at dinner.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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